SharePoint 2010, REST API, JSON, Javascript , JQuery AND correct Date handling/serialization

Today I created a Javascript that displayed the calendar events from a SharePoint calendar. I used Javascript and SharePoint's REST API to inject the result in a cusom Spot web part that I've written. Combining the REST API and JQuery was straightforwad, but I ran into trouble when I was going to display the calendar event's start date.

It turns out that JQuery date serialization and WCF date serialization differs. Luckily (for me) I found the description of the issue and a solution written by Steve Commisso. Read it here.

Key elements in the JavaScript:

• $j = jQuery.noConflict();
• Mr. Commisso's FixJQueryDate() function
• jQuery.getJSON method
• Correct SharePoint 2010 REST Url : http://sp2010/aweb/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/MyCalendar?$filter=StartTime+gt+datetime'" + now.format("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")+"'
• It's important to note the format of the REST filtering parameter and how it handles date and time values